People tend to think they aren’t good enough. They see something on social media posted by a friend, or a friend of a friend, or a cousin of a friend, and think that if only they could do this to their hair, or if they could only wear that shirt tomorrow, then maybe they’ll be the next best thing.
Constant comparison is instilled in our brains. We all do it. Being a millennial and growing up with social media available at our fingertips has caused this method of comparison to be even more natural to us. To make matters even more real, according to the social comparison theory, we determine our own self-worth based on how we compare to those around us.
Checking social media constantly has become a habit, one that puts us in the highlight reel of someone else’s life rather than focusing on our own. It scares me to say that our generation is so dependent on social media that we tend to be bored or lost without it for long periods of time. It’s even quite daunting to think of what life was like without iPhones and tablets. This is something that, as I’ve gotten older, have tried to monitor in my life and that I am aware of regularly so that I’m still able to go somewhere or do something and really take it in.
As much as this topic is talked about or discussed on all sorts of different platforms, it’s just a habit that we can’t break. We might as well admit that it has become a backbone in our everyday lives and the process to stop ourselves is more overwhelming than going through eight hours worth of Snapchat stories on a mediocre Friday night.
What I'm trying to get at is that we actually are good enough, and if you still don’t believe me, then why aren’t you working on being a better version of yourself rather than comparing yourself to those putting up their best self on social media.
